Colorado Crags › Colorado climbing areas › Castlewood Canyon SP
Castlewood Canyon SP climbing, Colorado — 545 climbs across 8 named crags, with sport, trad, bouldering and top-rope breakdowns, a full grade spread, and a family-friendly score of 3/5 (est.). Top crags: Bouldering problems, Grocery Store Walls, The, Wendell Spire.
Routes can count in more than one style, so style counts add up to more than the total climbs. A few climbs are ungraded, so the grade bands may add up to slightly less.
3 / 5 Decent with kids. Very convenient from Parker with short toprope walls, but the base isn't uniformly flat — workable with a steady toddler, wall by wall, rather than top-tier for a new walker.
Note combines OpenBeta grade/style counts with known family beta for this area. Not a safety rating: check the specific wall's approach, base, and current access before bringing a small child.
No separate climbing permit at Castlewood Canyon — you need a Colorado state park pass: $10/day per vehicle, or the $29/year Keep Colorado Wild pass for Colorado residents. Watch for seasonal raptor closures on specific walls.
Castlewood Canyon State Park — Colorado Parks & Wildlife →
Always confirm on the official site — rules change.
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Kitty Fingers | V3+ | Bouldering |
| Just Enough | V1+ | Bouldering |
| Exit Stage Right | V1- | Bouldering |
| 5.7 Corner | V0 | Bouldering |
| Tiger Claw | V5 | Bouldering |
| Skinny | V1+ | Bouldering |
| Tiger Toss | V3-4 | Bouldering |
| Surfer's Paradise | V1 | Bouldering |
| Dingus | V2 | Bouldering |
| Little Devil | 5.15d | BoulderingTop rope |
| Prowerful Arete | V1 | Bouldering |
| Gold Digger | V2 | Bouldering |
| Birthday Flake | V4 | Bouldering |
| Foxy, Classy, Sexy, Sassy | V3 | Bouldering |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Corner | 5.5 | Trad |
| Banana Flip | 5.6 | Top rope |
| Short Ribs (submitted as Fruit Bat) | 5.7 | Trad |
| Petrified Turd | 5.8 | Trad |
| Rain Dance | 5.9+ | Top rope |
| Cactus Flower | 5.10 | Top rope |
| Rain Dance Crack | 5.10a/b | TradTop rope |
| Pushing Buttons | 5.10d | Top rope |
| Hot Tuna | 5.11a | Trad |
| Bozo No No | 5.11a | SportTop rope |
| The Scoop | 5.11a | Top rope |
| Pretzel Logic | 5.11b | Top rope |
| You Name It | 5.12a | Top rope |
| Gatoraide | 5.12+ | Trad |
A sample of real routes from this crag on OpenBeta — the full list is on OpenBeta.
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Song from the Wood | 5.12b | Sport |
| Prarie Dog | 5.10c/d | Sport |
| Sidewinder | 5.11b | Sport |
| Cobble Wobble | 5.11a | Sport |
| Bob's Nob | 5.11d | Sport |
| Noodlers' Nightmare | 5.5 | Sport |
| Horizontal Bop | 5.11d | Sport |
| Svengali | 5.11a | Sport |
| Pit Viper | 5.11 | Sport |
| Unknown Chimney | 5.4 | TradTop rope |
| The Black Streak | 5.13b | Sport |
| Phalloid Void | 5.10c | Sport |
| The Beak | 5.11c | Sport |
| Seamless aka Knappweed Infestation | 5.12b/c | Sport |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Fat Fingered And Overhung | 5.9+ | Top rope |
| The Rotunda | 5.10 | Top rope |
| Cheater Five | 5.11a | Top rope |
| Candyland | 5.10a | Trad |
| Hanson's Folly | 5.7 | TradTop rope |
| Hackfleisch | 5.9 | Top rope |
| The Mosh | 5.8 | TradTop rope |
| The Fingers Have It | 5.7 | Top rope |
| Pebble Pinching Pagoda | 5.10b/c | Sport |
| Outer Mongolia | 5.10 | SportTop rope |
| Oh Face | 5.8 | SportTop rope |
| Stratego | 5.12a | Top rope |
| Chicken Wing Crack | 5.9 | Trad |
| Pack the Walls | 5.7 | Trad |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Thickly Settled | 5.8 | Top rope |
| Elf Jism Dihedral | 5.11a | Sport |
| Johler Coaster | 5.9+ | TradTop rope |
| April Fool | 5.9 | Top rope |
| Autumnal Wall | 5.10- | Top rope |
| Cooking with Crash | 5.8 | Top rope |
| Spring and Fall | 5.10 | Top rope |
| Genghis Khan | 5.11a/b | SportTop rope |
| Conspicuous Consumption | 5.8 | Trad |
| Wrath of Khan | 5.9 | Top rope |
| The Ladder | 5.6 | Trad |
| Equinox | 5.10 | Top rope |
| Swamped | 5.7+ | TradTop rope |
| Temur (Tamer) Khan | 5.6 | Top rope |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Arborist Arms | 5.11a | Sport |
| Lactic Tactics | 5.10d | Trad |
| Unknown | 5.8 | SportTop rope |
| Raison d'Être | 5.10d | Trad |
| Bones | 5.13c | Sport |
| Swinging Sirloin | 5.11c | Sport |
| Not Long For This World | 5.10c | SportTop rope |
| The Fat Raisen Sings | 5.11b | Top rope |
| Wall of Gore | 5.11a | SportTop rope |
| It's Flakey | 5.7 | Trad |
| Out of Arms Reach | 5.10b | Sport |
| Steam Rock Fever | 5.8 | Trad |
| High Road to Antwerp | 5.10d | Trad |
| Chimney Sweep | 5.5 | Top rope |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Where The Wild Things Are | 5.11d | Sport |
| High Boltage | 5.10a | Sport |
| Wild America | 5.12c | Sport |
| The Iron Maiden | 5.10a | Sport |
| Helm Hammerhand | 5.9+ | Sport |
| Heather the Leather Nun | 5.10+ | Top rope |
| The | 5.11d | Top rope |
| Green Varlot | 5.10d | Top rope |
| Wild Kingdom | 5.12d | Sport |
| Stocking Stuffer | 5.9+ | Sport |
| The Rack | 5.10d | Sport |
| Norman Rockshoes | 5.9+ | Sport |
| Blondes' Way | 5.6 | Trad |
| Diagadoigt | 5.10a | Sport |
| Route | Grade | Style |
|---|---|---|
| Pay Homage | 5.12a/b | SportTop rope |
| That Hideous Strength | 5.11a | Trad |
| Unknown Flake | 5.8 | Trad |
| Vulture Club | 5.8- | Trad |
| Blanket of Secrecy | 5.12b | Sport |
| Lightning Strikes | 5.10a/b | Trad |
| Too Easy | 5.6 | Trad |
| The Reaper | 5.10 | Trad |
| Fahrenheit 451 | 5.11b | TradTop rope |
| Scandanavian Dreams | 5.11b | Sport |
| Pay Attention | 5.11a | Sport |
| Octoroon | 5.11a | Top rope |
| Regulation 9 aka Left of Scandinavian Dreams | 5.11b | Sport |
| Jolokia | 5.8- | Trad |
Route-level beta for Castlewood Canyon SP lives on Mountain Project and OpenBeta — Colorado Crags helps you pick the spot; those sites have the route descriptions, photos and comments.
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